You do not assume, indeed, the solemnity of the pulpit, or the tone of stage-declamation; neither are you at liberty to gabble on at a venture, without emphasis or discretion, or to resort to vulgar dialect or clownish pronunciation.

• 当然，你无须像在教堂里讲道或在舞台上朗诵那样拿腔作势；然而，你也不可不分轻重，不讲分寸，信口哇啦哇啦，再不然就乞灵于粗俗方言和油腔滑调。